Don't Take Me Seriously - Book - Page 132
ESCAPE Weekly
Jan. 14 - 21, 2011 – 6
Mamas, don’t let your babies...
As a career, nuclear decontamination technician ranks above newspaper reporter
A
re you working for love or money?
reporter came in with a scary -14.25 (considered so low it’s
It may not matter if you can’t find a job.
off the charts). Apparently, there aren’t going to be many
CareerCast.com recently released its job outlook
journalism jobs in the near future — so the more competition
ratings for 2011, ranking 200 U.S. jobs from best to worst.
I can scare off, the better — which is my primary purpose in
Best, at #1, was software engineer, earning a
bringing this to your attention.
respectable $87,140 per year, and worst was
Well, that and whining.
#200, roustabout, someone who performs routine
Whether our career choices were the results of
our love for the written word, accidents, drunk
physical labor and maintenance on oil rigs and
guidance counselors or the desire for press passes
pipelines and makes $32,143 per year. And, just
so we could get good parking at big events, those
up 12 spots from roustabout, at #188, was … wait
of us who find ourselves in the newspaper game
for it … newspaper reporter — with the entire
can now adjust our neckties (if we wear them)
salary paid in chewing gum.
and, like Rodney Dangerfield, say, “I tell ya, I
Well, at least we beat out sailor, at #189, paid
don’t get no respect.”
in chum.
Jim Walker
But let’s take a look at some other jobs that get
Now, these job rankings were not based
Don’t Take Me Seriously
very few props.
on salary alone, but took into account work
Meter reader #192: $34K and -30.29 hiring
environment, stress, physical demands and hiring
outlook. This last category was the real clinker for us reporters, outlook. Seems there aren’t many job openings here, either.
Most likely because there are no parking spaces available.
it seems. As a comparison, software engineer had a +27.40
in hiring outlook (considered very high), while newspaper
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